Ken Watson was an 87 year-old widower who loved doting on his neighbors’ 2 year-old daughter, Cadi Williams.

After Ken passed away recently, Cadi’s parents Owen and Caroline Williams were left in tears when they learned what he had done for their daughter before he passed. They were stunned when 14 presents for her from Ken were delivered to their house!

“He’d always told us he’d live till he was 100-years-old,” Owen said. “So these gifts would have taken him up to our little girl’s 16th Christmas.”

Ken’s daughter found the presents when she was cleaning out her father’s house, and she immediately sent them to the Williams family. One of the presents that Ken bought was the book “Christmas Eve at the Mellops'” by Tomi Ungerer, while others are believed to include Duplo, soft toys, and more books.

“My wife and I think it might make a nice Christmas tradition to give our daughter ‘a present from Ken’ for the next 14 years,” Owen tweeted. “Issue is, we really have to open them now. Nobody wants to give a fifteen-year-old Duplo!”

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Internet users everywhere have been touched by what Ken did for Cadi.

“What a thoughtful man who clearly thought so much of you all as a family, made me cry this morning,” one user wrote, with another adding, “I would say give her one each year and let his memory be a household name. She will grow up to know she made an impact on his full life as he continues to make one on hers.”

“You HAVE to give her one a year,” added another user. “It doesn’t matter in the slightest if they are too old or too young. Presents are all about the giving, not the receiving.”

We hope Cadi enjoys her gifts from Ken for many years to come!

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